Neil Lennon, the Celtic manager, yesterday repeated his plea for a section of
the club’s supporters to stop singing offensive political songs at matches,
though he could not help but also praise those fans who have suddenly found
themselves under investigation by Uefa over the past five days.

Lennon, in some ways, is an obvious admirer of the so-called “Green Brigade”,
a group of fans housed in the north stand at Celtic Park, whose booming
anthems have given the stadium a decided atmosphere over the past year. But
the Green Brigade has also been reported by the police for chanting